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The Cell in 40 Topics

nasal bone would break through the skin and come to the surface. The har-
monious growth of muscles, bones, skin and other organs is ensured by the
obedience of each individual cell to the growth hormone.
The growth hormone also gives the command for the development of
cartilage at the ends of the bones. This cartilage is like a template for the
newborn baby's body. So long as it does not grow, neither can the baby. 9
The cells in a bone lengthen it, but how can the cells know that this is nec-
essary? If this bone thickens and only grows in diameter, then the legs will
not grow longer, and the femur bone may even stretch the skin and erupt at
the surface. However, our Almighty God has installed the information and
all details regarding the human body inside the nucleus of every cell. Thus
the bones lengthen and grow.
Another miracle manifested by growth hormone concerns the time
and the quantities in which it is released. Growth hormone is secreted in
just the appropriate amounts and at those times when growth is most in-
tense. This is vitally important, because if slightly more or slightly less hor-
mone than necessary were released, it would give rise to most unwelcome
consequences. Too little
growth hormone being se-
creted leads to dwarfism,
Hypothalamus and too much being re-
leased leads to gigan-
tism. 10
Therefore, a very

The hypothalamus,
which directs on the
secretion of vitally im-
portant hormones, oc-
cupies a very small
space in the brain.

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